Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Quiz
A) Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer B) Cimetière militaire de Normandie C) Cimetière de la plage d'Omaha D) Cimetière américain de Saint Laurent
A) Saint Laurent B) Paris C) Bayeux D) Colleville-sur-Mer
A) American troops who died in the Normandy landings and Battle of Normandy B) French resistance fighters from Operation Overlord C) All allied troops from World War I and World War II D) British troops who died on Omaha Beach
A) 69.8 acres B) 200.5 acres C) 150.0 acres D) 172.5 acres
A) 172.5 ha B) 45.2 ha C) 69.8 ha D) 85.1 ha
A) 6,070 B) 19,446 C) 1,944 D) 9,389
A) A visitor center built in 2026 B) The site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent C) The Bayeux war cemetery D) Omaha Beach itself
A) A bronze sculpture of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid B) Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves C) An obelisk dedicated to the 607th Quartermaster Company D) A statue of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Donald De Lue B) Jean Ganeval C) René Coty D) Thomas C. Kinkaid
A) A marble statue B) A copper pillar C) A granite monument D) A bronze statue
A) Ceremonies honoring British servicemen take place B) The French flag is raised by military personnel C) Flags are burned according to military tradition D) People gather to watch the American flags being lowered and folded
A) 2007 B) 1952 C) 1956 D) 1944
A) Department of Veterans Affairs B) French Government C) U.S. First Army D) American Battle Monuments Commission
A) One hundred thousand B) One million C) Two million D) Five hundred thousand
A) 2007 B) 2026 C) 1956 D) 1944
A) Managing the reservation system for French citizens B) Repatriating the remains of fallen soldiers C) Relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord D) Selling tickets and guiding tours of Omaha Beach
A) To avoid situations where visitors are refused entry due to overcrowding B) To reduce the yearly financial support from Congress C) To comply with French tax laws on extraterritoriality D) To transition management to the French State
A) U.S. Navy under Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid B) 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the U.S. First Army C) American Battle Monuments Commission D) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France
A) Late 1944 B) July 19, 1956 C) June 6, 1944 D) June 8, 1944
A) June 6, 1944 B) July 19, 1956 C) 2007 D) June 8, 1944
A) Only burial in geometric rows in Colleville-sur-Mer B) Only repatriation to the USA C) Choose repatriation of the remains for burial in the USA or reburial in France D) Choose between the Bayeux war cemetery or England
A) For reburial in the Bayeux war cemetery B) For repatriation to Great Britain C) Because they were accidentally buried in American soil D) To make room for American women who died in the war
A) June 1944 B) July 1956 C) 2007 D) Late 1944
A) Bayeux war cemetery B) Saint Laurent temporary cemetery C) Colleville-sur-Mer permanent cemetery D) Omaha Beach memorial
A) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy B) Donald De Lue C) President René Coty D) French General Jean Ganeval
A) President Dwight D. Eisenhower B) A representative of the ABMC C) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid D) French General Jean Ganeval
A) May 30, 2007 B) June 8, 1944 C) June 6, 1944 D) July 19, 1956
A) A special concession for an unlimited duration, free of charge or tax B) Temporary use until all veterans pass away C) A 99-year lease subject to French taxes D) Full transfer of ownership and extraterritorial rights
A) No B) Yes C) Only for U.S. military personnel D) Only during official ceremonies
A) The United States Federal Government B) The American Battle Monuments Commission C) The United Nations D) The French State
A) A private non-profit organization funded by donations B) A small independent agency of the U.S. federal government C) A division of the U.S. First Army D) A branch of the French Ministry of Defense
A) By exempting local French employees from taxes B) By leasing the land from the French State annually C) Through Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support D) Through visitor ticket sales and private endowments
A) Both the U.S. and French flags equally B) The French flag C) The United Nations flag D) The U.S. flag
A) Omaha Beach and the English Channel B) The Bayeux war cemetery C) Colleville-sur-Mer village D) The Saint Laurent battlefield
A) Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and René Coty B) French resistance fighters and civilian volunteers C) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France and four American women D) British servicemen who died on Omaha Beach
A) 2007 B) 1942 C) 1956 D) 1944
A) Nine B) Two C) Four D) Six
A) Only those who died in Normandy B) No, only some of them C) Only those whose next of kin could not be found D) Yes, all of them
A) The American Battle Monuments Commission B) The next of kin eligible to make decisions C) The U.S. First Army commanders D) The French Government
A) Burial at the Saint Laurent temporary site indefinitely B) Burial in the Bayeux war cemetery C) Transfer of remains to a private French cemetery D) Repatriation for permanent burial in the United States or internment at the closest overseas cemetery
A) His father B) His twin brother, Ludwig J. W. Pieper C) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. D) General Lesley J. McNair
A) Sandstone B) White Lasa marble C) White limestone D) Gray granite
A) 20 B) 304 C) 147 D) 151
A) 30 B) 45 C) 2 D) 15
A) 4 B) 2 C) 30 D) 45
A) Two sisters B) Two pairs of cousins C) An uncle and his nephew D) A father and his son
A) 2 B) 3 C) 45 D) 4
A) 304 B) 20 C) 147 D) 1,557
A) 4 B) 147 C) 20 D) 3
A) 1,557 B) 9,388 C) 151 D) 304
A) Jimmie W. Monteith B) Quentin Roosevelt C) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. D) Lesley J. McNair
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Abraham Lincoln C) Woodrow Wilson D) Theodore Roosevelt
A) His father Theodore B) His uncle C) His cousin D) His brother Quentin
A) Medic B) Chaplain C) Aviator D) General
A) Jimmie W. Monteith B) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. C) Lesley J. McNair D) Frank D. Peregory
A) The Longest Day B) Patton C) Saving Private Ryan D) Band of Brothers
A) Francis Ford Coppola B) George Lucas C) Steven Spielberg D) Quentin Tarantino
A) Quentin Roosevelt B) Ludwig J. W. Pieper C) Lesley J. McNair D) Jimmie W. Monteith
A) Frank D. Peregory B) Julius H. O. Pieper C) Preston Niland D) Robert Niland
A) Twelve B) Ten C) Three D) Five
A) A circle B) A Latin cross C) A star of David D) A rectangle
A) The entrance gate B) The Memorial C) The Chapel D) The Wall of the Missing
A) It is coincidental B) It was specifically requested by the US government C) French law required all allied cemeteries to face west D) It points directly towards Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace
A) Leon Kroll B) Donald De Lue C) Robert Foster D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) 22-foot B) 15-foot C) 50-foot D) 32-foot
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower B) Leon Kroll C) Robert Foster D) Donald De Lue
A) 1953 B) 1944 C) 1945 D) 1960
A) 1,557 B) 489 C) 19 D) 500,000
A) The Goddess of Peace B) St. Paul C) Columbia D) Marianne
A) An angel B) A red-capped Marianne figure C) Columbia D) A dove
A) Outside on the chapel's wall B) On the chapel's roof C) On the Wall of the Missing D) Over the arches of the Memorial
A) On the chapel's roof B) Inside the Memorial loggia C) Outside on the chapel's wall D) On the altar in Pyrenean marble
A) Bronze B) Italian white marble C) Swedish black granite D) Pink granite
A) White marble B) Sandstone C) Swedish black granite D) Pink granite slab
A) 1998 B) 1977 C) 1944 D) 1969
A) Captain John Miller B) Dwight D. Eisenhower C) The Sullivan brothers D) The Niland brothers
A) James Francis Ryan B) Robert Foster C) Tom Hanks D) Mark Camphouse
A) The Sullivan brothers B) The Niland brothers C) The newsmen of June 6, 1944 D) General Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Mark Camphouse B) Dwight D. Eisenhower C) Robert Foster D) Tom Hanks
A) Saving Private Ryan Soundtrack B) Symphonic Prelude C) Normandy Landings D) Taken by Force
A) The newsmen B) The military band C) The film crew D) Scorpions |
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